The Select Dramatic Works of John DrydenHamilton, Adams, 1877 - 196 Seiten |
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Alex ALEXAS Almeyda Alonzo Antony arms Art thou Bend Benducar betrayed better betwixt Cæsar CHARMION Christian Cleo Cleopatra conquered courser crown curse dare dead death deserved Dola Dolabella Dorax dream durst embrace Emperor Enter Exit eyes face false farewell fate father fear fool forgive fortune gate give guards HALY HAMET hand hast thou hear hear your heart heart Heaven Henriquez holy honour hour Iras jewels Johayma kings leave live look lord madam methought Morayma Mufti Mul.-Zeyd Muley-Zeydan Mustapha never night o'er Octavia on't ORCHAN pity poison Prithee prophet Queen rabble revenge Roman ruin Sebas Sebastian Serap servant silence slave soldier soul speak sure sword tell thank thee there's thine thou art thou hast traitor trust Twas tyrant Vent Ventidius villain ye stars
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Seite 31 - Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing; But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's open view...
Seite 20 - You do not know How weak you are to her, how much an infant; You are not proof against a smile, or glance; A sigh will quite disarm you. ANT. See, she comes! Now you shall find your error. Gods, I thank you: I formed the danger greater than it was, And now 'tis near, 'tis lessened.
Seite 15 - Lie there, thou shadow of an emperor; The place thou pressest on thy mother earth Is all thy empire now: now it contains thee; Some few days hence, and then 'twill be too large, When thou'rt contracted in thy narrow urn, Shrunk to a few cold ashes; then Octavia (For Cleopatra will not live to see it), Octavia then will have...
Seite 9 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Seite 26 - I'm eager to return before I go; For, all the pleasures I have known beat thick On my remembrance. — How I long for night! That both the sweets of mutual love may try, And triumph once o'er Caesar ere we die.
Seite 24 - tis true, I loved you, And kept you far from an uneasy wife, — Such Fulvia was. Yes, but he'll say, you left Octavia for me; — And, can you blame me to receive that love, Which quitted such desert, for worthless me...
Seite 47 - Gone so soon ? Is Death no more? he used him carelessly. With a familiar kindness; ere he knocked. Ran to the door, and took him in his arms, As who should say, " You're welcome at all hours, A friend need give no warning.
Seite 18 - Too daring, and too dangerous for her quiet, — She humbly recommends all she holds dear, All her own cares and fears, — the care of you. Vent. Yes, witness Actium. Ant. Let him speak, Ventidius.
Seite 15 - Sat still, and saw it prest by other hands. Fortune came smiling to my youth, and woo'd it, And purple greatness met my ripen'd years. When first I came to empire, I was borne On tides of people, crowding to my triumphs ; The wish of nations, and the willing world...
Seite 52 - Charmion, is this well done? CHAR. Yes, 'tis well done, and like a queen, the last Of her great race: I follow her. [Sinks down: dies. ALEX. 'Tis true, She has done well: Much better thus to die, Than live to make a holiday in Rome.